The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-20

knowledge of physiology become that
few are ignorant of at least the names
of the various portions of the human
frame. Many can give an intelligent
account of the nervous system, of the
organs of respiration, of the circulation
of blood yet, ask them to apply their
| book-lore, and the number found able
| to do so will be small indeed. For
! instance, the case of man who has
met with an accident severing one of
tie arteries. He lies bleeding to death,
surrounded by an eager curious, gaping,
sympat izing, but helpless croud.
go for doctor Go for a doctor !" is
| the cry.
D Messengers moved by an impulse of
pity-one of those godlike traits that
grace our humanity-hurry in all
directions to find surgeon.
| Mean time the poor fellows very life is
| poured out. Ae grows fainter and
fainter-prrhaps before physician can
arrive he is dead Why? Because not
one remembered this rule: tie strip
of strong cloth or handkerchief around
the limb on the side of the wound which
is toward the heart, and twist a stick
around and around in the bandage till
the bleeding stops" Sometimes by
simply pressing the thumb frmly
upon the artery the supply of blood
from the heart can be effectually inter
rupted. But the pressure, it should not
be forgotten, should always be on the
side toward the heart.
Trif1es both-a handkerchief and
stick. But the knowledge that is
'power," like David wi b his sling finds
them sufficient to Stay the giant that
threatened destruction. Aud what is
commoner than hot water, or easier to
obtain than mustard? Yet both are
good genii, that, aC our bidding, Danish
many a Spectre-yisltant from the land
of disease. Our first thought is of them,
as we have already noted, inspssms or
commissions; they are valuable assis-
tants, also, If promptly applied, in cases
of poison. For large teaspoonful of
mustard in a tumble of hot water is
speedy and powerful emetic-iust what
We need when poison has been taken,
either by accident or design. After the
stomach has been evacuated draughts
of hot water alone should efreely used.
This is thefrSt step in the treatment for
poisoning, the second should he left to
to the physicians care.
Most things are easy to do ''Ehen you
know how" So Colum bus taught the
self-suffictent courtiers when they would
have disparaged his great achievements
So the physician, who has IA abe himself
by study, observation and experience
the master of the ILLS which flesh is
heir to-" often proves to anxious
patients. Hei is very likely a man whom
you would pass in a crowd without a
second thought. Nothing striking in
his appearance; nothing particularly
winning in his manners; uRobtrusive
q liet, he is the last you would think of
as a great medical man. Call him to
tae bedside of the invalid in whom 20 u
are interested. He says little, but the
conviction forces itself upon you that he
knows. How simple are his directions,
free from all technicalities, and so plain
that little child might understand
Does he cali the disease by four sylla-
bled name? No. He makes no positive
assertions, no mysterious prophesies. |
He boasts not In your presence of |
Indeed, he says nothing of hiRself or |
Ris doings. How different, you think
from DR.. Braggadocio, whose patients |
are always Uery i'll, with wonderful COM
plications of disorders, whose voice is |
lifted up whenever in public it can
make itself heard; who is a hanger
on" at the various hospitals and |
| colleges, giving out to the unsoPhisr-
Gated that he Is professor therein, who
Is always IN hurry such a large
practice you kRow"-entering the sick
room IN hustle and leaving it with |
bounce; who studies ways and means
Tor having his name appear frequently
IN the newspapers; who makes a bxsi-
ness of his almost sacred profession and /
loudly adVertises ''what he does for the
poor by way of gaining favor with the
charitable rich. Inthis case, which DR..
Bfaggadocia pronounced chronic
mcursble, in fact-ean your quiet man
do any good? He fads it easv for he
EaoWs how, the other only pcetends to
Know. TIE DoCToR's WIFE.